Impressionable vs Compliant - What's the difference?
impressionable | compliant |
An impressionable person.
* 1942 , Frank Gervasi, War Has Seven Faces
Willing to comply; yielding; bending; pliant; submissive; willing to do what someone wants.
Compatible with or following guidelines, specifications, rules, or laws.
As adjectives the difference between impressionable and compliant
is that impressionable is being easily influenced (especially of young people) while compliant is willing to comply; yielding; bending; pliant; submissive; willing to do what someone wants.As a noun impressionable
is an impressionable person.impressionable
English
Noun
(en noun)- They were the faces of the same gentlemen who plied the corruptibles in Rumania with cash and impressed the impressionables with Germany's power.
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*compliant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The suspect was compliant when arrested.
- The browser is standards compliant .
- The workplace is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.